Category: M

  • Millilitre

    A unit of measurement of liquid equal to one thousandth of a litre.  

  • Miller-abbott tube

    A tube with a balloon at the end, used to clear the small intestine. The balloon is inflated after the tip of the tube reaches an obstruction. A double channel intestinal tube used to relieve intestinal obstruction. Inserted through a nostril, the tube is passed through the stomach into the small intestine. A nasal catheter…

  • Milky

    Referring to liquid which is white like milk.  

  • Milk rash

    A temporary blotchiness of the skin seen in young babies.  

  • Milk leg

    Acute oedema of the leg, a condition which affects women after childbirth, where a leg becomes pale and inflamed as a result of lymphatic obstruction. Swelling and inflammation in the leg resulting from inflammation of the femoral vein, sometimes linked to childbirth.  

  • Milium

    A white pinheadsized tumour on the face in adults. A retention cyst in infants. A cyst on the skin. A white nodule in the skin, particularly on the face. Up to 4 mm in diameter, milia are round masses of ‘keratin occurring just beneath the outer layer (epidermis) of the skin. A pinhead white cyst…

  • Miliary

    Small in size, like a seed. Describing or characterized by very small nodules or lesions, resembling millet seed. A term, expressing size, applied to various disease products which are about the size of millet seeds: for example, miliary aneurysms, miliary tuberculosis. A descriptive phrase used to describe conditions where the lesions are approximately the size…

  • Mildly

    Slightly, not strongly.  

  • Mild

    Not severe, not cold, gentle.  

  • Migrainous

    Referring to someone Who is subject to migraine attacks.